Track4TiP

Track4TiP

TRACK4TIP is a five-year initiative (2019-2024) implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with support from the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) of the U.S. Department of State. 

The project benefits eight countries in South America and the Caribbean with national and regional actions in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama and Aruba. 

The overall objective of Track4TiP is to improve the regional criminal justice response to trafficking in persons (TiP) in the migratory flows of the beneficiary countries through a multidisciplinary and victim-centered approach, with actions at the regional and national levels to identify, prevent, and prosecute cases. 

Objectives

Track4TiP proposes the implementation of seven main activities organized under three specific objectives that collectively facilitate the achievement of the project's primary goal by each of the eight beneficiary countries: to strengthen the criminal justice response in cases of trafficking in persons (TiP) involving Venezuelan victims in migratory flows in the region. 

  • Objective 1 – Capacity Building: Improve victim identification and reinforce national referral mechanisms to safely report cases of TiP in the context of migratory flows at entry, transit, and destination locations in the beneficiary countries. 
  • Objective 2 – Knowledge and Investigation: Provide justice operators in beneficiary countries with information on the modus operandi of criminal networks related to TiP in the context of migratory flows in the region. 
  • Objective 3 – International Coordination and Cooperation: Promote new investigations and prosecutions for cases of TiP among migratory flows involving Venezuelan victims at the national and regional levels, facilitating dialogue between national coordination mechanisms and justice officials of the beneficiary countries. 
Partnerships and publications

In Brazil, Track4TiP is implemented in partnership with various institutions: the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP), the Federal Prosecutor's Office (MPF), the Federal Public Defender's Office (DPU), the Labor Prosecutor's Office (MPT), the Federal Police (PF), and the Division of Inspection for the Eradication of Forced Labour (DETRAE). 

The project also produced a series of reports, studies, and guides on the subject of trafficking in persons: 

  • National Report on Trafficking in Persons: Data from 2021 to 2023 
  • Brazil Situational Report: Trafficking in Persons in mixed migratory flows, especially of Venezuelans, and the conduct of technical dialogues 
  • Informative Guide on the National System for Combating Trafficking in Persons and International Cooperation 
  • Guide and Brochure on Assistance to Victims of Trafficking in Persons and the Rights of Migrants 
  • Study on Victims of Trafficking in Persons Exploited for Drug Transportation 
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